Kevin Kampl

Kevin Kampl (born 9 October 1990 in Solingen) is a football player from Slovenia. He plays as a midfielder for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga.

Kevin Kampl
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Kampl with Bayer Leverkusen in 2016
Personal information
Full nameKevin Kampl
Date of birth (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birthSolingen, Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
RB Leipzig
Number44
Youth career
1994–1997VfB Solingen
1997–2009Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011Bayer Leverkusen II36(5)
2010–2011Bayer Leverkusen0(0)
2010Greuther Fürth (loan)1(0)
2010Greuther Fürth II (loan)7(0)
2011–2012VfL Osnabrück35(2)
2012VfR Aalen3(2)
2012–2015Red Bull Salzburg74(18)
2015Borussia Dortmund14(0)
2015–2017Bayer Leverkusen53(4)
2017–RB Leipzig98(5)
National team
2009Slovenia U201(0)
2009–2012Slovenia U2117(1)
2012–2018Slovenia28(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:16, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Before he was born, Kampl's parents moved from Maribor to Solingen, where he started his career with VfB Solingen.[1] From 1997 he went on to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In 2010 he signed his first contract. Because he did not play much he went on loan to SpVgg Greuther Fürth. After he came back he was still part of the squad but still played seldomly. He went to VfL Osnabrück in the 3rd league. The next club was VfR Aalen, where he only played two months.[2] Then he signed for FC Red Bull Salzburg. It is said that Salzburg payed €3 million for Kampl. Within a short time he became an important player. In his first season he scored four goals and gave 9 assists.[3]

On January 1st he went on to Borussia Dortmund for €12 million.[4] Then he went on to Bayer Leverkusen and 2017 to RB Leipzig for € 20 millions.[5]

National team

He played 17 matches for the Under-21 team of Slovenia. His first match for the team was on October 12, 2012 versus Cyprus. 2018 he retired from the team. He played 28 matches and scored two goals.

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovenia 2012 3 0
2013 6 1
2014 5 0
2015 7 1
2016 3 0
2017 1 0
2018 3 0
Total 28 2

Kevin Kampl Media

References

  1. "DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. - News-Meldung". Archived from the original on 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  2. "Paukenschlag! Kampl geht - Aydemir kommt". kicker.
  3. "Saison 2012/13 – FC Salzburg Wiki".
  4. Kicker.de
  5. http://www.rtvslo.si/sport